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were taken by Mr. Agassiz in 1SS0, at station 33G, north latitude, 38° 
21' 50", west longitude, 73° 32', in 197 fathoms. (Plate XLII, fig. 7.) 
The largest of these arms is 420 mm long and 36 mm broad. The suckers 
are large, prominent, subglobular, with a contracted aperture, and have 
a thin membrane around the outer margin. They form two alter¬ 
nating, rather distant rows, except near the base, where several that 
are somewhat smaller than those farther out stand nearly in one row, 
with wide spaces between them. Diameter of largest suckers, 9 to ll mm ; 
distance between their centers, 20 to 35 mm . Color, dark purple. 
Taken by the “Fish Hawk,” at stations 880, 892, 893, 895, about 100 
to 115 miles south of Newport, R. I., in 225 to 487 fathoms, Sept, and Oct., 
1880; off the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, at station 898, November 10, 
1880, in 300 fathoms, by Lieut. Z. L. Tanner; and off Martha’s Vineyard, 
310-715 fathoms, 1881. 
Alloposus mollis.—Specimens examined. 
Station. 1 
Locality. 
Fatb. 
When re¬ 
ceived. 
Received from. 
Specimens. 
Off Newport , li. I. 
N. lat. IF. long. 
880 
39° 48' 30" 70° 50' 00". 
252 
Sept. 13,1880 
U. S. Fish Com - 
2d“: 1 ? 
881 
325 
Sept. 13,1880 
1 
892 
39° 46' 00" 71° 05' 00". 
487 
Oct. 2, 1880 
1 
893 
39° 52' 20" 70° 58' 00". 
372 
Oct. 2, 1880 
2 
895 
39° 56' 30" 70° 59' 45". 
238 
Oct. 2, 1880 
1 
Off Chesapeake Bay. 
898 
37° 24' 00" 74° 17' 00". 
300 
Nov. 16,1880 
4 
Off Delaware Bay. 
336 
380 21' 50" 730 32' 
197 
1880 
“Blake” expedition 
1 1. frag. 
Off Martha’s Vineyard. 
937 
S. by E. J E. 102 m. from Gay Head 
506 
Aug. 4,1881 
IT. S. Fish Com _ 
11. ? 
938 
S. by E. i E. 100 m. from Gay Head. 
310 
Aug. 4, 1881 
. do . 
lj- 
952 
S. 1 E. 87J m. from Gay Head . 
388 
Aug. 23,1881 
.do . 
lj. 
953 
715 
Aug. 23, 1881 
l i. 2 
994 
SSW. I W. 104 £ m. from Gay Head. 
368 
Sept. 8j 1881 
.do.. 
ii. $ 
Family ARGON AUTIDiE Cantr. 
Cantraine, Mall. Medit., p. 13,1841; H. & A. Adams, Genera, vol. i, p. 23. 
Argonauta argo LinnA 
Shells of this species, some of them entire, were taken by the u Fish 
Hawk” at several of the stations 70 to 115 miles south of Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard and Newport, R. I., in 04 to 305 fathoms. At least nine specimens 
were dredged. At station 894, in 305 fathoms, two entire and nearly 
fresh shells were taken, and another nearly complete. They belong to 
the common Mediterranean variety. Fragments were also taken at sta¬ 
tions 805-7, 871, 873, 870, 892, 895. 
The capture of a living specimen, probably of this species, on the 
coast of New Jersey, has been recorded by Rev. Samuel Lockwood, 
in Amer. Naturalist, xi, p. 243, 1877. 
